For Pensacola High's Sara Fe' White, her loaded schedule is just another thing that plays into her success.

The senior attacker and captain for Pensacola's lacrosse team surpassed 100 career goals with six scores Friday at South Walton, bringing her to 104 for her career.

She keeps a no-nonsense mentality off the field and is a member of Pensacola's International Baccalaureate program with a 3.9 GPA and scored a 30 on her ACT. She plans to attend the University of Florida after high school graduation and major in political science.

"When I started playing my main focus was getting ground balls and assists," White said. "But as I got more confident, I started scoring more.

"I'm really proud to be part of the lacrosse team and IB program at PHS. It's nice to feel like you are a part of a community and its helped teach me how to balance everything and shape who I am."

But while success in school has come naturally for White, she didn't pick up a lacrosse stick until eighth grade while visiting her cousins - who were avid lacrosse players - in Georgia.

White returned to Pensacola and joined the Gulf Breeze recreational lacrosse league and picked up the sport quickly. She was asked to join the travel team LaxChix just three weeks after starting the sport.

Before she was influenced by the effects of cradling a lacrosse stick as her sport of choice, White sailed competitively for four years before stopping in 10th grade to focus on lacrosse.

She said her experiences sailing not only helped her be more competitive on the lacrosse field, but in every aspect of life.

"Sailing really taught me how to think on a dime and come up with solutions very quickly," White said. "You've got to deal with situations that aren't great. Sailing taught me to be disciplined with what I'm working on until I get it right."

All of her qualities have made her a fine leader for Pensacola lacrosse (7-2, 7-1 District 1), and the guidance is certainly needed after Pensacola graduated eight starters last season.

White is one of two seniors on this year's team, with Emily Johnson playing a key role on defense for Pensacola.

But White is co-captains with Lillian Wiggins, a junior midfielder who is also White's best friend.

"Lillian and I have been friends for longer than I can remember ... our parents were friends before we were born," White said. "Lacrosse has made us even closer. We love leading this team and play really well together. People call us shake-and-bake. We are always getting assists and setting each other up for goals.

"At times it's been difficult to be a leader. I had a lot of girls to look up to in the last few years. But now it's up to Lillian and I to lead. We've had a lot of new girls step up and everything has worked out well this year."

White plans to obtain a law degree after obtaining a political science degree from Florida.

But for now, she's eager to finish this lacrosse season strong.

"I just hope to leave something behind to help continue the lacrosse program at Pensacola High," White said. "It would be a dream come true to beat Gulf Breeze. But to just keep the program going would be amazing."